Category Archives: Commentary

Genesis 5

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Generations from Adam to Noah Genesis 5   Genesis 5. This chapter gives us the generations from Adam to Noah, through the line of Seth. This is the family of faith in contrast to the world, as seen in the line of Cain. While there was rapid technological and cultural advancement with […]

Genesis 26

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Isaac’s Middle Years: World Bordering Genesis 26   Genesis 26. In ch. 22 Isaac is a picture of the Lord going to the cross. In ch.24 he is a picture of the exalted Christ to whom the bride is gathered. But in ch.26 Isaac is not a picture of the Lord Jesus, but […]

Genesis 49

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Jacob’s Prophecy of the Twelve Tribes Genesis 49   Genesis 49. In this chapter we have the last words of Jacob, in which he speaks by the Spirit of God a prophecy of what would befall the twelve tribes in the latter day. It predicts the general character or tendency of each tribe, and […]

Ruth

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE BOOK OF RUTH   1 2 3 4   O U T L I N E- The Awakening of the Faithful RemnantRuth 1- The Famine, Naomi in MoabRuth 1:1-5- Preparation to Leave for Judah, Ruth and Orpah SeparateRuth 1:6-18- The Journey and Arrival at BethlehemRuth 1:19-22- Growing in Grace and in the […]

1 Kings

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE BOOK OF FIRST KINGS   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22   O U T L I N E- The Reign of King Solomon1 Kings 1 – 11- Adonijah's Rebellion Put Down1 Kings 1- David’s Last […]

John 9

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Healing a Blind Man: Jesus as Light of the World Awakens a Remnant John 9   John 9. In John 8 we saw that the Light (Jesus) “appeared in the darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.” By the end of John 8, the religious leaders heard His declaration “I AM” and have taken up […]

Revelation 22:6-21

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Closing Exhortations Revelation 22:6-21   Three Announcements of Christ’s Coming. In this passage we get repeated proclamations of the coming of Christ. It is the coming of Christ, not the fulfillment of prophecy that we wait for! In each announcement we have a practical effect that it should have in the lives of believers. […]

1 Corinthians 14

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Exercise of Gift in the Assembly 1 Corinthians 14   1 Corinthians 14. Having taken up the subject of divine love in a parenthesis (ch.13), Paul now returns to the subject of gift, more specifically gift in exercise in the local assembly meetings. Often “the assembly” is mentioned, and the term “in assembly” is […]

1 Kings 8

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Dedication of the Temple 1 Kings 8       CHAPTER 8 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah […]

Jeremiah

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE PROPHET JEREMIAH   1 2 3 …   O U T L I N E – Moral Appeals to the People Jeremiah 1 – 25 – The Prophet’s call Jeremiah 1 – Israel’s Sin in Light of Jehovah’s Tender Kindness Jeremiah 2 – 6 – Israel’s Perpetual Backsliding, Call to Repent Jeremiah 7 […]

Hosea

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE PROPHET HOSEA   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14   O U T L I N E- Israel Rejected by God as an Adulterous Wife, then RestoredHosea 1 – 3- Israel's Judgement and Setting Aside: Gomer's ChildrenHosea 1- Israel’s Unfaithfulness and Future Restoration: Gomer's […]

Colossians 2:1-19

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Double Threat Facing the Saints: Philosophy and Tradition Colossians 2:1-19   Colossians 2. We have the power of the cross in ch.2 – the work of Christ; whereas in ch.1 it was the Person of Christ that was primarily in view. Often in scripture the Person of Christ comes before the work […]

Judges 17-18

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Appendix: The Corruption at Heart Manifest Judges 17 – 21   O U T L I N E- Appendix: The Corruption at Heart ManifestJudges 17 – 21- Sin Against God: Will-worship in DanJudges 17 – 18- Sin Against Man: the Man from EphraimJudges 19- Man's View of Sin Corrected by God: The Benjamite […]

Acts 24

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Paul’s Defense before Felix Acts 24   Acts 24. In this chapter we have Paul’s defense before Felix, as well as his private audience with Felix and Drusilla. In vv.1-9, the high priest and elders appeared before Felix and employed the orator Tertullus, who flattered the governor and leveled political and religious charges […]

Psalm 5

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 5 A Meditation on Jehovah’s Righteous Dealings   Psalm 5. The inscription indicates that this is a psalm of David. It was written in the style of “Nehiloth”, meaning “flutes”, or “wind instruments”. In the progression of Psa. 3-8 we are now in the night, looking forward to the future morning; “in the […]

Psalm 21

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 21 The Joy of Messiah in His Victories and Reign   Psalm 21. This is Psalm of David, and it is a natural sequel to the previous psalm. In Psalm 20 we have the desire and prayer of the godly remnant on behalf of their Messiah, and in Psalm 21 we have […]

Psalm 38

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 38 The Remnant Under the Chastening Hand of Jehovah   Psalm 38. This Psalm and the one following are a pair. This is also a penitential Psalm, meaning it has to do with the confession of sin. The inscription reads, “A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.” This Psalm may well have […]